Astra named ReadSoft Partner of the Year for its FastAP for IFS

TUCSON, Ariz. - April 30, 2015 - PRLog -- The Partner of the Year award was given to Astra at ReadSoft’s annual user conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center near Washington D.C. on April 19, 2015.  Astra was selected from more than 100 partners of ReadSoft in North America.

“This is the third award that we have received from ReadSoft.  It follows our selection as the ReadSoft Integrator of the Year in 2013 and as the Rising Star Partner in 2011.  We are very appreciative of  ReadSoft’s recognition and support,” commented Naren Velu, President and CEO of Astra.  “Our AP automation solution is an organic extension of IFS Applications ERP, since it is integrated into the IFS Supplier Invoice Workflow module (e-Invoice).  IFS has strongly supported our AP automation solution, which has helped  make FastAP the clear leader within the IFS North American community.”

FastAP delivers an end-to-end solution for automating supplier invoice processing within IFS. The solution provides:
√     Advanced data capture using INVOICES by ReadSoft, a global leader in the AP space.
√     Astra’s APConnect^{for IFS} to map and transfer the invoice data and images between INVOICES and IFS Financials.
√     The IFS Supplier Invoice Workflow Module (e-invoice) to automate 3-way invoice matching and authorization routing.  Its management tools include process reporting analytics, in-process invoice visibility, flexible workflows and built-in  audit trails.

Recent FastAP customers include ShawCor Ltd., Prince Minerals, Inc.,  Mistras Group, Belvac Production Machinery, Inc. and Waddington North America, Inc.

Astra is a Gold Sponsor of the IFS World Conference being held in Boston, MA from May 5 through May 7, 2015 and welcomes all IFS customers to visit it at booth no. 7 for a demo of FastAP and Astra’s entire line of IFS-centric automation and workflow solutions.

About IFS
IFS™ is a globally recognized leader in developing and delivering business software for enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise service management (ESM). IFS brings customers in targeted sectors closer to their business, helps them be more agile and enables them to profit from change. IFS is a public company (XSTO: IFS) founded in 1983 and currently has over 2,700 employees. IFS supports more than 2,400 customers worldwide from its network of local offices and through a growing ecosystem of partners. For more information visit: www.ifsworld.com.

About Astra
Astra serves customers throughout the world, applying its IT expertise and business systems knowledge to complete and extend the capabilities of ERP systems. Astra is an international organization with specialized practice areas in ERP technical services | business process automation | ECM solutions | and CRM software and services. For more information visit: http://www.astra-us.com. (http://www.astra-us.com)

For more information, please contact:

Naren S. Velu, President & CEO
Tel: (M) 520-971-2714
Email: naren@astra-us.com

George Hardy, Vice President
Tel: (L) 323-522-5519 (M) 602-733-9591
Email: george@astra-us.com